“During the 1950s and 1960s, some otherwise freedom-loving governments waged secret wars against suspected homosexuals within their borders. During those years, Canada’s campaign to eliminate all homosexuals from the military, police, and the civil service was particularly broad and unforgiving, with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) compiling files on over 9,000 suspected homosexuals.”

moving. I moved the day before Thanksgiving. Even though I had movers, it was still tiring. Not to mention unbearably expensive. It’s cost me close to $1000 so far. But, living at the new place for about a year will even out those expenses because rent is cheaper.

Sufjan Stevens. I wish he were up in me, but until then, I’m really into his album Illinois.

new features at amazon.com. Tagging! Improved wish list functions! Plus I got me some FREE two-day shipping because I was “randomly” selected for a free Prime Membership four-month trial (free 2-day shipping and $4 overnight shipping). I’m ordering EVERYTHING off Amazon during that time.

Franz Ferdinand. I give up. They are catchy as hell and that’s good enough for me.

All the movies coming out this season. It’s amazing. I haven’t ever wanted to see so many movies in the theatre. Walk the Line. Brokeback Mountain. Chronicles of Narnia. There are many more. I should keep a list on this here blog.

A bit of complaining here, but not about things I can’t control. These are all things I can control, but have managed to fuck up this week:

I did not manage my time or the roads during a small snow storm Tuesday night so I failed to pick up a friend as I promised.

I (half) locked my keys in my car at a gas station before I tried to pick up my friend again, as I promised. Long story.

I changed my mind about picking up my friend for a THIRD time in one week because I didn’t want to wait around for her. Naturally, she’s extremely mad with me at this time.

Work is becoming more stressful and I worry if I can handle it, or if someone else will get the work I want.

I forgot my cell phone at work Friday night so I had to drive 20 minutes back to the office, then 20 minutes to another friend’s place across town. I tried to tell her that the Russian restaurant she wanted to go to another 15 minutes from her place no longer existed and that I needed to be in St Paul (another 20 minutes away in the opposite direction) by 9:30. This was at 7:00.

I was right (only the second time I was vindicated this week) about the Russian restaurant. We ate at Baker’s Square at 8:00.

I met some friends at a far-away cinema for Walk the Line, only to discover as they were walking up that the showing was sold out.

I’m moving on Wednesday. Packing all week sucks ass.

The first time I was vindicated this week (though it wasn’t really vindication at all, but it felt good anyway) was that I found a bunch of boxes in the cardboard recycling dumpster in the garage. That was Monday–the last good day of the week.

I will prevail! I will triumph! The move will be good! I’ll get through this! I’m a better person than this!

Some top rentals in western Wisconsin:* S.W.A.T.* Without a Paddle* Cellular* The Longest Yard* The Upside of Anger

Some top rentals in D.C.:* things I have never heard of* Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (YES!)* West Wing (ha!)* The War Room (do these people ever get tired of government?)

This is hilarious. This is how we will describe cities and areas from now on. Minneapolis is full of gay stoners who love high-end cable, western Wisconsin missed the Hollywood movies in the theatres because they were too busy getting drunk in a gravel pit, and DC is totally separate, weird, and government-focused.

Finally getting around to reviewing Capote, which I saw with Laura last Friday.

I shouldn’t compare the two, but I liked it better than Good Night, and Good Luck. There was an actual story here, about factual occurances, just like In Cold Blood. Phillip Seymour Hoffman is the best actor that I know working today. Although the characters he plays could all come from the same, insane family, he plays them all with such passion. He sinks into his characters. It’s amazing to watch.

I must admit that I know nothing about Truman Capote. I’d heard of In Cold Blood, but I’ve never read it. Yeah, yeah–some English major. But we’re discussing the film here. Despite his annoying voice and selfish motives, Hoffman’s Capote is hilarious. He’s faulted and it’s relieving that he was not sainted in a biopic.

Catherine Keener as Nelle Harper Lee is marvelous as well. She looks plain and smart and her relationship with Capote looks like every other straight girl-gay man friendship, except she’s far from the typical fag hag. She’s Capote’s respected right-hand lady. She’s the one who can tell Capote he’s being a selfish prick when he’s barely paying attention to his lover.

Acting is the main reason why Capote is great. But the writing deserves recognition as well. I did fall behind early on (for some reason I didn’t catch on that Capote was befriending the criminals), but I guess that was my fault since Sassy didn’t have that problem.